検索ワード: underdrivelse (デンマーク語 - 英語)

underdrivelse
understatement

det er om noget en underdrivelse.
that, if anything, is an understatement.

det er om noget en underdrivelse!
that is an understatement if ever there was one!

bekymring er noget af en underdrivelse.
i believe these are not just fears.

dette må siges at være en underdrivelse.
this is, if anything, an understatement.

vi ved, at det er en kraftig underdrivelse.
we know that is a very substantial understatement.

jeg tror, det vil blive noteret som dagens underdrivelse.
i think that will go down as the understatement of the day.

sidste del af citatet kan karakteriseres som en stor underdrivelse.
the last part of the quotation can be characterised as a major understatement.

det er en underdrivelse at sige, at de er meget bekymrede.
to say that they are extremely worried is an understatement.

det er en lettere underdrivelse: det var 111 for og 184 imod.
that is a slight understatement: it was 111 for and 184 against.

at sige, at situationen i zimbabwe er tragisk, er desværre en underdrivelse.
to say that the situation in zimbabwe is tragic is unfortunately an understatement.

og dette giver jeg udtryk for med en »underdrivelse« efter britisk
(b) the serious impact of these measures on the economies of the eec states;

at sige, at vi er dem, som yder størst bistand, er faktisk en underdrivelse.
we are the biggest supporters of the world bank 's palestinian development fund.

det er ingen underdrivelse at sige, at det ikke er det samme som at købe og sælge sko.
saying it's not like buying and selling shoes is an understatement.

vi taler begge med, hvad jeg med en underdrivelse kunne beskrive som et vist kendskab til det usædvanlige samfund.
both of us speak with- what i could describe with an understatement as- a degree of knowledge of that remarkable community.

det ville være en underdrivelse at sige, at jeg er skuffet over den langsomme udvikling i dette forslag indtil videre.
it would be an understatement to say that i am disappointed with the slow progress on this proposal so far.

det vil ikke være problemfrit at opnå disse resultater -og det er måske en underdrivelse, der ikke er karakteristisk for mig.
we will, for example, request russia once again to ratify the kyoto protocol as soon as possible, and ask russia to intensify cooperation on nuclear and maritime safety, on terrorism and on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

det er derfor under disse omstændigheder en underdrivelse af latterlige proportioner, når kommissionen kalder sit forslag for en »handlingsplan«.
in these circumstances, therefore, for the commission to call its proposal a 'plan of action' is an understatement of laughable proportions.

sir leon brittan. - (en) jeg mener, at hvis man siger, at situationen er indviklet, er det en underdrivelse.
can i just give examples, because if you quote figures it is easy to say it is not enough or you should do more.

somme tider overdriver de, og somme tider underdriver kommissionen.
they will sometimes exaggerate and sometimes the commission may underestimate.